In a nutshell: Streaming and other demanding video applications are growing rapidly, and existing codecs are struggling to keep pace. Fortunately, AOMedia has pledged to finalize a new generation of ...

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As a recap, AV1 is a newer video codec than the commonly-used AVC, also known as H.264. It is much more computationally-intensive both to playback and create, but given that video encoding and ...

The arc of AV1 codec adoption for large-scale content owners has been long and complex, as Meta Senior Media Software Engineer David Ronca (who also spent 12 years developing encoding solutions at ...

As much as we love debating the pros and cons of new codecs like AV1, VVC, and LCEVC, independent premium-content publishers have largely ignored them. Take Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) founding ...

Tech’s biggest players are all in on AV1, but competing codecs and technical limitations might be holding it back. Tech’s biggest players are all in on AV1, but competing codecs and technical ...

AI-driven video compression and streaming provider, Visionular, has announced a strategic partnership with Reticulate Micro, Inc, which aims to deliver ultra-low-bitrate (sub-100kbps), ultra-low ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

The AV1 video codec is now used by Netflix, YouTube, Twitch, Instagram, and many other media platforms to deliver high-quality video with lower data usage. Now, an ...

Microsoft has announced that it will add hardware acceleration support for the Aomedia Video 1 (AV1) video codec to Windows 10 this fall. AV1 is an open, royalty-free codec intended to provide ...